Planned Parenthood wants unedited anti-abortion videos

Planned Parenthood of Indiana is asking for raw footage from undercover videos made by an anti-abortion group at two Indiana clinics in June.

The organization sent a letter Friday to UCLA student Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action, a student-run anti-abortion organization.

Live Action sent Rose into clinics in Bloomington, Ind., and Indianapolis posing as a 13-year-old girl, who told workers that she was seeking an abortion after being made pregnant by her 31-year-old boyfriend.

Under Indiana law, the workers were required to report that to authorities as child abuse. But in the tape, workers in both clinics are seen telling Rose they donÂ?t care about the maleÂ?s age, and that they donÂ?t want to know it.

The worker in the Bloomington video was fired; the Indianapolis worker tendered her resignation yesterday, said Betty Cockrum, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Indiana.

The organization is requesting the raw footage from Rose in order to investigate the incidents, it said.

State Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Jimtown, has called for a state investigation of Planned Parenthood, and a freeze on state funding to the group.

For more on this story, please see tomorrowÂ?s print edition of the South Bend Tribune, and keep checking this Web site.